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many ways, in fact, as Macaulay has observed,1 they
did not materially differ from a rustic miller or ale-
housekeeper of our time. If we bear these things in
mind, we shall refrain from accusing Defoe of exagger-
ation, as otherwise many readers might be tempted
to do.
At the end of my task I gratefully and sincerely
acknowledge the valuable help kindly and freely granted
to me by friends and others. I have already men-
tioned what share Mr. Francis B. Bickley has in the
reproduction of the text; he has also very readily
assisted me in looking out several things for the Notes
when I was away from London. Dr. Furnivall, Mr.
Sidney L. Lee, Mr. R. Hebert Quick, and Mr. T.
Widgery have made me acquainted with several useful
books ; the first two also lent me some rare ones.
I repeat my thanks to Miss C. L. Cooper and to Dr.
Murray for their kind communications, which have
assisted me in my remarks on the word “ gentleman.”
Miss Cooper and my good friend Mr. W. Leo Thomp-
son have taken the great trouble of reading the proofs
of the text with me. Both, as well as Dr. Furnivall,
have also looked over parts of my MS. of this
Introduction in order to improve my English, and
have helped me in correcting the proofs of it as
well.
I conclude with quoting Mr. William Lee’s opinion
of Defoe’s book ; the MS. was then still in Mr. Crossley’s
possession—“ Mr. Crossley,” he says, “ would do great
service to all lovers of pure English Literature if he
1 History of England, vol. i. chap. iii.
many ways, in fact, as Macaulay has observed,1 they
did not materially differ from a rustic miller or ale-
housekeeper of our time. If we bear these things in
mind, we shall refrain from accusing Defoe of exagger-
ation, as otherwise many readers might be tempted
to do.
At the end of my task I gratefully and sincerely
acknowledge the valuable help kindly and freely granted
to me by friends and others. I have already men-
tioned what share Mr. Francis B. Bickley has in the
reproduction of the text; he has also very readily
assisted me in looking out several things for the Notes
when I was away from London. Dr. Furnivall, Mr.
Sidney L. Lee, Mr. R. Hebert Quick, and Mr. T.
Widgery have made me acquainted with several useful
books ; the first two also lent me some rare ones.
I repeat my thanks to Miss C. L. Cooper and to Dr.
Murray for their kind communications, which have
assisted me in my remarks on the word “ gentleman.”
Miss Cooper and my good friend Mr. W. Leo Thomp-
son have taken the great trouble of reading the proofs
of the text with me. Both, as well as Dr. Furnivall,
have also looked over parts of my MS. of this
Introduction in order to improve my English, and
have helped me in correcting the proofs of it as
well.
I conclude with quoting Mr. William Lee’s opinion
of Defoe’s book ; the MS. was then still in Mr. Crossley’s
possession—“ Mr. Crossley,” he says, “ would do great
service to all lovers of pure English Literature if he
1 History of England, vol. i. chap. iii.